cleveland cavaliers

"This is not hockey, we're not even looking at that," said Kevin Garnett. When reminded of the Bruins' fate, he again brushed it off. "The Bruins are not the Celtics, the Celtics are not the Bruins. It's apples and oranges." ESPN Boston – Practice Notes Those freakin' Bruins are still haunting us even after their [...]

by DRJ With the single exception of Cavs game 3, the referees have been calling the Celtics' playoff games reasonably fairly. Oh, they make mistakes and always will, but on balance, there has been no evident bias (except that one time). Those of us who have suffered in the NBA long enough recognize how unusual [...]

We're previewing the Celtics-Magic series, and putting a bow on the Cleveland series, today at 4pm.  We won't get into all that LeBron talk… that's been done.  We're going to give credit where credit is due.  And then we're going to look ahead with the help of Chris Forsberg, who will explain to us what [...]

Tomorrow afternoon will mark the beginning of the Eastern Conference Finals matchup between the Celtics and Magic.  Before we all take a trip through Disney World, let’s appreciate some of the final moments of finishing off the Cavs’ season.  Below are a handful of video highlights that stood out in Game 6. It’s safe to [...]

Series averages: 20.7 ppg, 11.8 apg, 6.3 rpg. 1.8 spg Series percentages: FG: 54.1%,  3pt: 33.3%  FT: 65.9% Series highs: Points: 29  (Game 4)Rebounds: 18 (Game 4)Assists: 19 (Game 2)Steals: 5 (Game 6) We picked Rajon to go off in this series and he made us look real good by doing just that.  You could [...]

Thing of beauty, huh? [...]

I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here's a dose of 'enemy chatter' from Cleveland. In the third quarter, the Celtics tightened the screws defensively. Every time the Cavs drove to the basket, there weare two or three defenders waiting for them. [...]

Holy crap. The Celtics beat the Cavs. I still can't believe it. KG was an absolute BEAST: 22 points, 11-19 FG, 12 rebounds. (Earlier in this series, one Celtics blogger stated he was not comfortable with KG taking 20+ shots per game. He has changed his mind.) Rashard Lewis shit himself three times watching this [...]

Before this series began, quite a few "experts" (ok pretty much everybody west of the 495 belt) picked the Cavs to beat the Celtics anywhere from a sweep to 7 games.  John reminded us all of said predictions yesterday.  After last night's historic victory in Cleveland that gave the Celtics a 3-2 series lead heading [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “I’m the leader and they’re supposed to follow me,’’ James said. “At the same time, other guys got to be aggressive, too.’’ Recent history is not on [...]